>> Click through to see all of the reactions from around Texas, Houston and the rest of social media to the dirty Whataburger.
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A defensive star of the Houston Texans, J.J. Watt responded to the famous Texas Whataburger chain sold to a Chicago-based company.
"Okay, I said we all traded our points and bought Whataburger.Prepare chicken and honey honey butter cookies all day, add kolaches to the menu and do not change anything else. ketchup."
>>> Click on the link to view all the reactions from Texas, Houston and the rest of the social media to the Whataburger sale.
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A defensive star of the Houston Texans, J.J. Watt responded to the famous Texas Whataburger chain sold to a Chicago-based company.
"Ok, I say we all bought and bought Whataburger Make honey butter chicken
… more
Photo: Screenshot of Twitter screen
Photo: Screenshot of Twitter screen
A defensive star of the Houston Texans, J.J. Watt responded to the famous Texas Whataburger chain sold to a Chicago-based company.
"Ok, I say we all traded our points and bought Whataburger.Prepare chicken and honey honey butter cookies all day, add kolaches to the menu and do not change anything else. ketchup."
>>> Click on the link to view all the reactions from Texas, Houston and the rest of the social media to the Whataburger sale.
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A defensive star of the Houston Texans, J.J. Watt responded to the famous Texas Whataburger chain sold to a Chicago-based company.
"Ok, I say we all bought and bought Whataburger Make honey butter chicken
… more
Photo: Screenshot of Twitter screen
"Sell!": While Houston and Texas reach a Whataburger deal, J.J. Watt has a solution
Whataburger is no longer just a Texas affair.
And the people of Houston at DFW in El Paso and almost everywhere between them are not happy.
Especially not J. J. Watt. The hulking lineman may have Wisconsin roots, but Texas has become his home.
Here's what makes the Texan star so unhappy.
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Chicago-based BDT Capital Partners said Friday it has agreed to buy a majority stake in whataburger, the hugely popular hamburger chain based in Texas (you can read all the details of this deal here).
Watt has already expressed his love for Whataburger. And on Twitter, he even proposed an inventive step-by-step solution to preserve the brand from the hands of a non-Texan society.
Above, you can read Watt's solution and see how residents of Houston and the state of Texas responded to the Whataburger sale.
Peter Dawson is a digital journalist in Houston. Read it on our news site, Chron.com, and on our subscriber site, houstonchronicle.com. | [email protected] | NEWS WHEN YOU NEED IT: text CHRON to 77453 to receive last-minute alerts by SMS | Sign up to receive the latest alerts on your email here